Solar funding grew last year as approximately 9.6 GW of new solar installations were added to the Indian grid. In 2017, the country’s solar sector logged over $10 billion (~Rs.650 billion) in financing activity, according to Mercom Capital Group’s recently released 2017 Q4 and Annual India Solar Market Update. Financing activity in the sector totalled approximately $4 billion (~Rs.260 billion) in 2016.

Growth of rooftop solar installations in 2018 is likely to witness a decline on the back of regulatory complexity and policy uncertainty. POWER TODAY spoke to a cross-section of experts to understand as to what it would take return traction to the segment.

Although state discoms have managed to leverage UDAY by paring financial losses from Rs.51,589.51 crore in FY16 to Rs.34,826.87 in FY17, a marginal decrease in AT&C losses seems to be the bone of contention, as what has been envisaged has not been achieved yet, barring bailing-out non-performers.

Players like Sterling Generators are taking the lead and have gained foothold in the market. POWER TODAY caught up with CEO of Powergen Business, Sterling and Wilson, Sanjay Jadhav, at the company's facility in Silvassa where he talks about genset market and its importance for data centres.

In an exclusive interview to POWER TODAY, Sanjeev Aggarwal, Managing Director & CEO, Amplus Energy Solutions emphasises that generation-based incentive needs to be institutionalised to boost the solar rooftop segment. Amplus is also proposing a model to discover the value of rooftop solar power.

Artha Energy Resources is a four-year old data first company, a part of the Artha Group of companies. Artha is a part of Damani group with interests across venture capital, power, hospitality, stock markets, and real estate.

How often do you meet someone who had a well-paid corporate job, but dared to choose a tougher path and find success and happiness in it? Someone who chose not to spend his time in cozy corporate job, but instead walked into the unknown entrepreneurial area.

There is a revolution that is sweeping the energy sector globally and in India. The balance now seems to be conclusively tilting towards renewable energy. And, this development is not entirely due to government subsidies, but because these sources of energy are financially viable on their own.